Social Mendelism: Genetics and the Politics of Race in Germany, 1900-1948

ISBN-13: 9781108499491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 280 str.

Amir Teicher

Opis

Will revolutionize reader's understanding of the principles of modern genetics, Nazi racial policies and the relationship between them.

Recenzje

'This ambitious and thoroughly researched book seeks to achieve nothing less than a major rethink of the intellectual background to Nazism.' Dan Stone, German Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Mendel's laws and their application to humans, 1865–1913; 2. Mendelism maturing: from experimental to interpretative framework, 1913–1933; 3. Mendelism, purity and national renewal; 4. Annihilating defective genes: Mendelian consciousness and the sterilization campaign; 5. Mendelizing racial antisemitism; Epilogue: social Mendelism beyond the Nazis.